Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production
Modified by
Commission Directiveof 16 January 1991completing Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(91/71/EEC), 31991L0071, February 15, 1991
Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 29 September 2003adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty, 32003R1882, October 31, 2003
Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 16 December 2008on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulations (EC) No 2232/96 and (EC) No 110/2008 and Directive 2000/13/EC(Text with EEA relevance), 32008R1334, December 31, 2008
Corrected by
Corrigendum to Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production, 31988L0388R(01), December 14, 1988
Council Directiveof 22 June 1988on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production(88/388/EEC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular Article 100a thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the CommissionOJ No C 144, 13. 6. 1980, p. 9, andOJ No C 103, 24. 4. 1982, p. 7.,In cooperation with the European ParliamentOJ No C 66, 15. 3. 1982, p. 117 and Decision of 9 March 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal).,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social CommitteeOJ No C 138, 9. 6. 1981, p. 42.,Whereas differences between national laws relating to flavourings hinder the free movement of foodstuffs and may create conditions of unequal competition, thereby directly affecting the establishment or functioning of the common market;Whereas the approximation of those laws is necessary if the free movement of foodstuffs is to be achieved;Whereas laws relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs should take account primarily of human health requirements but also, within the limit required for the protection of health, of economic and technical needs;Whereas the first step should be to lay down in a framework Directive provisions on general purity criteria, definitions, labelling, and the principles on the basis of which legal differences may subsequently be eliminated;Whereas, on the basis of the inventory or source materials and substances used in the preparation of flavourings established by the Commission on the basis of Decision 88/389/EECOJ No L 184, 15. 7. 1988, p. 67., the Council will at a later stage adopt, under the procedure laid down in Article 100a of the Treaty, appropriate provisions concerning individual categories of flavourings and source materials and any necessary measures concerning their use and methods of production;Whereas on the most recent scientific and technical advice certain components on vegetable or animal raw materials used in the preparation of flavourings ought to be limited in foodstuffs;Whereas specific purity criteria for given flavourings, microbiological criteria for flavourings, methods of analysis and sampling of flavourings and the substances listed in the Annexes in and on foodstuffs should be established;Whereas, should the use in a flavouring of a substance or material authorized on the basis of this Directive or provisions adopted at a later stage or the presence of one of the substances listed in Annex II appear to constitute a health risk, Member States should be authorized to suspend or limit such use, or to reduce the maximum limits provided, pending a decision at Community level;Whereas the drawing up of the list of substances or materials authorized as additives necessary for the storage and use of flavourings as solvents and diluents of flavouring, and as processing aids, and the establishment of specific criteria of purity for flavourings, the procedure for taking samples and the methods of analysis of flavourings in or on foodstuffs and the verification of the maximum limits laid down in the Annexes constitute technical implementing measures; whereas in order to simplify and expedite the procedure, the adoption of such measures should be entrusted to the Commission;Whereas, it is desirable that in all cases where the Council empowers the Commission to implement rules relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs, provision should be made for a procedure establishing close cooperation between the Member States and the Commission within the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs set up by Decision 69/414/EECOJ No L 291, 19. 11. 1969, p. 9.;Whereas, without prejudice to the application of national rules which, in the absence of specific Directives on flavouring, apply to certain groups of flavourings, the requirements laid down in the following provisions shall be applied in such a way as to authorize, two years after adoption of this Directive, trade in and use of flavourings complying with the provisions of this Directive and to prohibit, three years after the adoption thereof, trade in and use of flavourings which do not comply therewith,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: